Yes indead,,a nice looking vehicle, and the best thing about all..?? BlizzareND, you put a plan to action and have what best fits your needs. Most people have to put up with things that thay don't use or want, when having a RV. Now get on the road and make good use of it. Hope to see you on the road. Roadside

Hay Blizz, now you need to get some inside pics going. Everybody else, I just saw this truck yesterday. It's very cool. It's kind of like a truck conversion on weight loss and stomach stapling, or a roadtrek on steroids.

Todd, one other question? You have the gray tank on one side and the black on the other. You said you're going to install a pump to pump the gray to the other side with the black. I'm thinking it would be best to pump the gray into the black after you've drained the black, then flush the black (that now has gray water) at that point. It will take some time to pump all that gray over. I don't think you want to sit at the dump station blocking it while you wait to pump out your gray do you? You could flush the black, then start the transfer pump while you move out of the way, then come back and do the final flush. That would also give you a bit more cleaning out of the black tank. And, it would give you the ability to flush your drain hose with a rush of gray rather than a trickle from the pump.Maybe that's the way you were planning it anyhow? Just musing here.

Bob, Thanks for coming over yesterday, Darcy and I had a great time! Thank your son again for us for his service for our country. (Bob's son just returned home from Iraq a week ago)

I'll get some interior pics posted after I get the fridge back in and the cabinets doors re-hung. 'till then everyone can just imagine cherry stained oak hardwood with sawdust all over it.

The transfer pump is a 110V 100 gal/min unit, I'll have to think over your suggestion I really have't thought about it much, I suppose there are pros and cons, but I'm not clear on any of it right now, which is kinda why I keep putting it off.

Hope you have a great weekend in NW Minn.
-todd

copied from my thread on the Escapees MDT Forum
Well I have a few minutes tonight to let you in on some of the "Progress" The truck had a vibration on deaccell when I brought it home, 600 dollars later we managed to change the pinion angle on the rear end by reversing the z-spring mounting blocks and machining them down a bit. It seems to run just fine now.

I also stumbled across a real nice set of used Sumitomo ST 918's for the rear, less than 500 miles on them, one run, that did not fix somebody else's vibration problem so he put his old tires back on.

We dismantled the rear queen bed and reconstructed as a full with a toe kick under it to help get around a bit easier.



I also built some bedstands next to the bed and a place to sit in front of them, as the drop roof over the bed makes it difficult to sit up all the way.





Water tank is located in an insulated box between the frame rails under bed storage



We went to Menards bought cabinets, stained and varnished them and wired reading lights from Lowes.



The mattress was made custom for this application by the local Comfort King Mattress factory, they build mattresses however you want them, and will make any changes to them stiffer/softer for life! Ours is made 4" thick out of a mattress of 1.5" dia coils stitched together one next to each other.

We moved forward and added medicine cabinet and towel racks in bathroom, as well as some locks to keep my 50 lb solid core sliding doors from hammering closed when you take a corner too quick.



I got the upper cabinet installed next to the microwave and all the door/drawer handles so that I can open a drawer without breaking a fingernail.



I thought I would include this picture, I took it with my cellphone when the truck was at the driveshaft shop when the were searching out my vibration problem, it shows how smooth the bottom of the truck is, I still have to make a panel made for under the genny right behind the hitch. note she is sheeted all the way up to the back of the steering axle.


blizz

what did you do for corners of box where front and side walls meet? did you buy them or built your own. also from roof to front and rear walls on outside.

We made our own. On page 4 post 75, of my build log on the Escappees' Forum might help you see how it was framed.

http://www.rvnetwork.com/index...showtopic=73051&st=0

blizz